topic Shooting on 25FPS / Mark ii in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Shooting on 25FPS / Mark ii

vegas123 — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 09:10:22 GMT

Dear All,

How can I shoot 25FPS on my 5D Mark ii? Will I need to install Magic Lantern (I have once tried and failed unfortunately)? Thank you very much in advance!!
Marc

Re: Shooting on 25FPS / Mark ii

Waddizzle — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 12:47:25 GMT

Do you mean shoot video? Put the camera into Movie Mode, and then the menu option to change frame rate and image size should become available, if they are not already available when the camera is not in Movie Mode.

Re: Shooting on 25FPS / Mark ii

ebiggs1 — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:04:36 GMT

"Will I need to install Magic Lantern ..."

I never tell people or recommend anybody install ML. Too many problems, and fatal ones, can happen.

Canon does not recommend it either,

Re: Shooting on 25FPS / Mark ii

RobertTheFat — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:52:32 GMT

@ebiggs1 wrote:
"Will I need to install Magic Lantern ..."

I never tell people or recommend anybody install ML. Too many problems, and fatal ones, can happen.
Canon does not recommend it either,

Has anyone ever documented a fatal problem with ML? Wikipedia doesn't say so. And they seem to suggest that Canon's negative reaction to ML has actually been rather tepid.

Re: Shooting on 25FPS / Mark ii

Waddizzle — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 17:12:36 GMT

"Will I need to install Magic Lantern (I have once tried and failed unfortunately)?"

@RobertTheFat wrote:

@ebiggs1 wrote:
"Will I need to install Magic Lantern ..."

I never tell people or recommend anybody install ML. Too many problems, and fatal ones, can happen.
Canon does not recommend it either,
Has anyone ever documented a fatal problem with ML? Wikipedia doesn't say so. And they seem to suggest that Canon's negative reaction to ML has actually been rather tepid.

I would consider the OP's failure to install ML to be fortunate, assuming they were able to restore the camera.

LOL. Did you just cite Wikipedia? If I were Canon, I would pretty much ignore ML, too. Because the big selling point for ML is that Canon under designs their gear. "Look at what you're missing out on."

Personally, I suspect that ML pushes some of the hardware beyond its' design limits.